[Cuis-dev] Morphic glitches out/hangs when adding faulty code to drawOn method on morphs that step

[Alan Dao]

Sorry, for a correction, it's not an array out of bounds exception. The
error seems like it's caused by sending a message to a nil object.

On Sun, Dec 25, 2022 at 1:23 AM Alan Dao <alan.n.dao at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ya, I figured you meant the opposite :)
>
> To keep the bug reports coming, I've been able to reproduce a Morphic hang
> on 5608. This time, I have some faulty code for accessing an array out of
> bounds in BebopFrequencyVisualizerSoundWave drawOn:.
>
> Here are the steps below to reproduce the hang:
> - Pull repos
> - Start fresh Cuis (on version 6.0-5608).
> - Load package 'Bebop'
> - Do World / New morph... / Vector Graphics / BebopFrequencyVisualizer
>
> I've attached my updated package to this email. Can you take a look into
> this when you get a chance?
>
> Best,
> Alan
>
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 11:05 AM Juan Vuletich <juan at cuis.st> wrote:
>
>> On 12/20/2022 3:35 PM, Alan Dao via Cuis-dev wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the reassurance 👍
>>
>> I installed the updates and saved as a new 5604 release. My start-up
>> script works as it did before now.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Alan
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 5:56 AM Juan Vuletich <juan at cuis.st> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Alan,
>>>
>>> On 12/20/2022 3:27 AM, Alan Dao via Cuis-dev wrote:
>>>
>>> Hope I'm not annoying by bringing this up,
>>>
>>>
>>> Never hesitate in asking for help or reporting some problem! Open
>>> communications is fundamental for us. Each of us will use Cuis in different
>>> ways and will find different issues or areas to improve. By getting all
>>> those experiences together we can build something that is idiosyncratic and
>>> useful for more people!
>>>
>>
>> I mean "is not too idiosyncratic", i.e. that suits well different people,
>> and is not too oriented to someone's preferences against other's.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>> but I pulled the latest changes, 5601 and 5602, and unfortunately it
>>> breaks my startup script for setting up my workspace/browser windows. More
>>> specifically, my windows aren't appearing and the background doesn't switch
>>> to the dark theme. When I comment out "ChangeSet installNewUpdates.", my
>>> workspace/browser windows appear as intended.
>>>
>>> Could you take a look and see what's going wrong? I've attached my
>>> startup script below. You can try commenting out "ChangeSet
>>> installNewUpdates." to see the impact of the latest changes. I've been
>>> running my startup script through this terminal command:
>>>
>>> /Applications/Squeak.app/Contents/MacOS/Squeak
>>> /Users/alandao/Cuis/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev/Cuis6.0-5542.image -s
>>> /Users/alandao/Scripts/init_workbench.st
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for providing all the pieces and details. In this particular
>>> case, most likely the problem is that in the last changesets I restarted
>>> the Morphic process, and this means that the latter part of your script
>>> will not be run.
>>>
>>> Please try this:
>>> - Start Cuis
>>> - Install new updates
>>> - Save and exit
>>>
>>> Now try again. I believe it will work as usual (or please report back).
>>>
>>> This issue will get solved for you when I save new, updated Cuis images,
>>> that already include all the change sets. I can do this later today.
>>>
>>> Alternatively, I'd be ok with re-writing my script if the way I did it
>>> was hacked up together, as long as there's a way to migrate this script
>>> over. Any help would be appreciated!
>>>
>>> Also, thanks for the suggestions to the step method. The package itself
>>> is still in extremely early development, but once I get the UI to where I
>>> want it, I'll look into optimizations.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Alan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I think you'd not need to modify your script, if my intuition is correct
>>> here. Please tell how it goes.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Juan Vuletichcuis.stgithub.com/jvuletichresearchgate.net/profile/Juan-Vuletichindependent.academia.edu/JuanVuletichpatents.justia.com/inventor/juan-manuel-vuletichlinkedin.com/in/juan-vuletich-75611b3twitter.com/JuanVuletich
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Juan Vuletichcuis.stgithub.com/jvuletichresearchgate.net/profile/Juan-Vuletichindependent.academia.edu/JuanVuletichpatents.justia.com/inventor/juan-manuel-vuletichlinkedin.com/in/juan-vuletich-75611b3twitter.com/JuanVuletich
>>
>>
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